So Ive managed to do exactly what I didn’t want to. I had this idea in high school to start a little simple clothing line, mostly t-shirt based. Not interning or working I decided early last year that it’d be good to revisit that idea. I feel so lame when people ask me what Im doing and all I have to say is “I’m in school” and LaGuardia Community College no less. I figured since I can’t intern until I transfer and I refuse to have a mall job, why not get a head start in this business business. Lol.
This was just something to keep me occupied while still in college, but Ive become attached to it. It took me ages and almost a whole notepad to come up with a name that was simple and significant to me Then came the concept, which pulled me in even more because theres just so much of ME in it. I find myself wide awake at 4am almost every morning creating new designs. Which btw is really difficult for a girl who is as artistically challenged as I am. I don’t get home from school until 10:30pm most nights so on the days that I get out at 1pm you’d think I would come home and pass out. Sometimes without even thinking I find myself on the E train, Manhattan bound with Lola Canon (my camera) walking the streets and in boutiques searching for some inspiration. I even bought a Nylon Magazine last week, thats a big deal for me, I never give my money to anyone but Seventeen (its my fashion bible) with the exception the September issue of Vogue and the occasional Teen Vogue depending on who’s on the cover. I research and study other all ready popular lines that have inspired me.
Lord, what have I gotten myself into? I come up short of breathe when I think of people hating what Ive created, but even that doesn’t compare to the sick feeling I get when I think of just quiting and not going through with this at all. I imagine this is how a mom-to-be feels after they’ve decided to keep their baby. lol I find myself planning its future, dreaming about my flagship store on 5th Ave, and some celebrity photographed jogging wearing what Ive created,not to mention all the girls who would wear it because they can relate. Man, im smiling just typing these words.
I’m no fashionista, but fashion is something Ive always known that I’d dabble in as an entrepreneur, I never thought it would be so soon. It hasn’t even been born yet and I love it so much. Even if it fails, at least I will be able to say I DID IT, and all on my own btw. Here’s to T.N.Y and all its future success.
(Source: shethinkstoomuch)
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